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Surrounded By Taliban, But He Took Them On
This is the face of a truly brave man. I’m sure many, when faced with the challenges he faced, would not have been able to act with the level of bravery and skill that Staff Sgt. Lincoln Dockery did. It all started on an ordinary day in eastern Afghanistan. Dockery’s platoon had been ordered to... »
Iraqi Boy Thankful For His Soldier Benefactor
I found this story on DETnews.com (The Detroit News) and thought it was really sweet. To sum it up, a young Iraqi boy named Mohammed who had been injured in a house fire when he was an infant. He has had a hard life growing up. He lost his father to terrorists who didn’t... »
Hero Marines Help Out With Car Crash
These people put their skills to the test and won back this man’s life. You don’t have to be on the battlefield to be a hero. Magana said the driver was heading south on Lake Road around 7:30 a.m. when he lost control of the Nissan SUV, overcorrected,... »
Irena Sendler
This women was amazing! I’ve gotta say, this inspires me. Irena Sendler risked everything in order to save Jewish children from the horrors of the Ghetto, and the fear of facing the concentration camps. By the time she was caught, she had managed to smuggle 2,500 children out of the Ghetto and into Polish... »
Recently Reinstated Medal Posthumously Awarded
OSLO — Norway on Friday awarded its highest military decoration for the first time in 60 years, posthumously honoring a soldier who was killed while helping the wartime government flee the country as German troops invaded in 1940. Capt. Eiliv Austlid was awarded the War Cross with Sword, a medal that was recently reinstated after... »
Navy Medic Shows Courage On The Battlefield
COURAGEOUS Kate Nesbitt takes a well-earned breather on the battlefield – her face covered with the blood of the soldier whose life she has just saved. Navy medic Kate, 21, was snapped moments after a heroic rescue in Afghanistan which has earned her a Military Cross. The brave blonde dashed 70 yards across a war zone... »
British Soldier Lost During Rescue
A journalist and his translator had been captured when they were covering the NATO airstrike that resulted in approximately 70 people killed. They were taken by Taliban members and were being held in northern Afghanistan. In the fray of the rescue, a soldier was killed along with the journalist’s translator, Sultan Munadi. A British soldier... »
Hero Rescued 669 Holocaust Children
Sometimes people will convince themselves that they can’t make a difference. They’ll decide they’re not influential enough, or rich enough, or tall enough to be able to go out and really change the world. But Sir Nicholas Winton, a London stockbroker, saw a chance to make a difference and went for it. And oh... »
“Too Tall”
Ed “Too Tall” Freeman was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War. He had always wanted to fly, but standing at an impressive 6′4″, he was denied training since he was “too tall”. However, in 1955 the army changed its height regulations and he was allowed to fly. Thank goodness he was. This man... »
Britain Loses 5 Young Sons
5 young soldiers – three who were only 18 – were lost in a surprise bombing attack in Afghanistan. Most of those were lost when they rushed back to help fellow platoon members who were injured in the blast, but the Taliban “daisy chain” of bombs claimed their lives. DailyRecord.co.uk has the story. »